Television presenter and radio DJ Dineo Ranaka, is the official host of the 14th edition of the South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs). The awards ceremony will be hosted live on Twitter this Wednesday, in line with the countrywide lockdown and social distancing requirements.

This follows the government’s announcement that all public gatherings have been banned as the country fights the spread of the coronavirus.

The National Film and Video Foundation(NFVF) revealed the news on Twitter this past weekend. The prestigious awards were set to take place on 27-28 March at the Sandton Convention Centre, but due to the outbreak of the Covid-19, winners will be announced on Twitter.Tweeps reacted to the announcement and expressed their shock as they were looking forward to the awards taking place after the lockdown period.’

tumeleng Khune’s wife completes her studies
Congratulations are in order for Kaizer Chiefs goalie Itumeleng Khune’s wife, Sphelele Makhunga, on her great achievement of completing her studies.

The KZN beauty completed her Bachelor of Education in Foundation Phase at City Varsity and she joins a number of students who recently completed their studies. Sphelele would have graduated recently but due to the pandemic of Covid-19, all graduations have been postponed.

The couple have been together since last year. Despite their relationship hogging headlines for some negativity, they have managed to remain unshaken.

Taking to Instagram Khune congratulated Sphelele for completing her studies. He wrote “Congratulations wifey on your graduation. I’m proud of you.”

has found herself trending again on Twitter. This time around homegirl left tweeps with mixed reactions after she replied to a tweet that, she has zero regrets on dating an older man in high school.

This follows after a tweep asked whether those who dated an older man in high school, felt any regret for their decisions or found it normal.

Mihlali replied and said, she did not see anything wrong with it and she has zero regrets for it. Although she swiftly deleted her reply, Twitter detectives had already taken screenshots and put her on the spotlight.Beauty influencer Mihlali Ndamase, has found herself trending again on Twitter. This time around homegirl left tweeps with mixed reactions after she replied to a tweet that, she has zero regrets on dating an older man in high school. This follows after a tweep asked whether those who dated an older man in high school, felt any regret for their decisions or found it normal.

Following a report by Sunday World that Dineo

to be shown the door on The Queen, which is produced by the Connie and Shona Ferguson (Ferguson Films), Twitter users have taken to the platform to express their views on the matter According to the report, Dineo who portrays Kea Khoza on the popular Mzansi Magic telenovela and has been on the show since it’s beginning is alleged to have been given the boot by the show after asking for a three-month break to shoot a movie.The actress is said to have received a letter from Ferguson Films informing her that after she shouldn’t return back to work after the lockdown. News of the report has trended across social media with many expressing their shock over the show’s latest chop. Now the drama surrounding The Ferguson’s and their treatment of actors who work for them began last year after actress Vathiswa Ndara’s explosive letter.In a no-holds-barred 6-page open letter to the Minister of Sports, Arts & Culture, she incriminated the Ferguson’s; as they are the owners of the production house she was employed by.

Letoya Makhene and her lover, Lebo Keswa paints social media with their date night while on lockdown.

The actress confirmed news of being a lesbian weeks ago and she flaunts her romantic relationship with Joburg businesswoman on social media.

On Sunday, the two had a date and it appears to be a beautiful one, as they took fans through the night.

“Yesterday I was asked out on a date. Tonight I was sent a formal invitation with a menu attached to it. I spent most of the afternoon getting ready for my date as the kids decided to open up their salon in the privacy of our own home to help me look perfect for my date…I think they did a pretty darn good job! Every meal was prepared by my love, @lebokeswa
She bribed the kids to keep themselves busy for the night while she caters to my every want and need,” Letoya said.

The briefing was to have been addressed by basic education minister Angie Motshekga and her counterpart from higher education, Blade Nzimande. Stock photo.
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Parents, pupils, teachers and education stakeholders will have to wait a little longer to hear when schooling will resume.

Monday’s much-anticipated address by basic education minister Angie Motshekga has been postponed to later this week.

Basic education department spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said the postponement “was necessitated by the need to align with other interventions that are to be taken by the National Command Council later this week”.

The briefing was to have been addressed by Motshekga and her counterpart from higher education Blade Nzimande.

“Ministers were meant to give an update on their areas of work in relation to the Covid-19 lockdown,” Mhlanga said.

In anticipation of the reopening of schools, the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) said in a statement on Friday that “the first priority is the safety of all our learning institutions because we cannot afford to lose lives. Corpses can neither be taught nor teach.”

The union said it was concerned about the safety of teachers, lecturers, education support personnel, pupils and students.

“Above all, we are concerned about the readiness of the provincial departments with regard to the availability of health and safety essentials that have to be put in place in the learning institutions at least two weeks before any activity can take place.”

Sadtu said the union had a right to be concerned as “alert 4 level requires honesty, transparency and accuracy regarding readiness with precautionary measures”.

The union urged the departments to comply with several minimum requirements for the phasing-in or staggered approach to the reopening of learning institutions. These included:

• Institutions must be fumigated and disinfected

• The provision of proper sanitation, which means the delivery of water tankers to all institutions that don’t have running water

• The provision of temperature scanners for the daily screening of everyone

• The departments should ensure that learning institutions have enough soap, disinfectants and sanitisers and that hygiene is part of the curriculum

• The departments hire more staff to clean and sanitise classrooms, workshops and offices as frequently as possible

• The provision of desk screens to prevent pupils touching each other

• The provision of high quality masks to all, making it mandatory that everyone wears them all the time, inside and outside classrooms and workshops

• Social distancing of 1.2m to 1.5m inside classrooms and workshops should not be compromised

• The sharing of readers and textbooks be prohibited as it may pose a health risk

• The availability of psychosocial services to help learning institutions build resilience, to defeat the fear brought on by the virus; and

• The transportation of pupils and students must comply with social distancing regulations and modes of transport should be sanitised.

Sadtu said it hoped that the ministers would consider all the minimum requirements they had put on the table.

“We must not make a mistake, because this virus is brutal, and we should not undermine its viciousness and brutality. Only if we unite and stop competing, can we defeat this virus.”